The free Zipit app offers a range of gif files that can be sent in response to requests for sexual pictures.
The latest update of the app was published last week, coinciding with new figures revealing that Childline held 2,634 counselling sessions about sexting in 2016/17.
Sexting was also the most viewed topic on the Childline website last year, with 221,840 page views.
The app is particularly relevant as Childline counsellors have heard how some teenagers felt pressured by peers into sending nude selfies.
One 14-year-old girl told Childline: “I sent some naked pictures of myself to a boy that I was talking to online. I really regret it now because he took screenshots and says that he’ll show them to all my friends. I don’t know how to report him, I really don’t want my family to find out.”
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